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Pmmn MAY 16 1871 lter Flickinxjers m/oroveel Grain Se/a ardor stron',headings, chen; and chmes, and serve the purpose of separating thestr-mv" that they ail'tvste more or Peres, FLICKINGER, or' HANOVER,PENNSYLVANIA.

Leners rient No. 114,739, and may 1c, mi moineau@ 11,1371.

4IMFRDVEMENT IN GRAINSEPARATGS- The Schedule :starred to in theseLetters Patent and vmaking part e! the same.

I, PETER Fmcimrosn, of Hanover, iu the county of York and Starte ofPenusylvio nio, have invented o new and useful Improvement inGrannSeparators; and I do hereby declare that the following is a fulLendexact description thereof, reference ybeing forms'a. portion of thisspecification.

The groin-separators now, n use, which receive the' groin fromthrashing-mnand headings from the groin und cha`,'\vhile they conductthe latter into windowing-machines, are all defective in their modes of.,operot-ion, for the reason less of the grain.

My improvement in graineepnrators isintended to remedy theaforeseiddefect, and, in practice, I have dxsizered that it doesperfectjhcoompli'sh themsired res In the accompcnyngdrswing--- .Figures1 and 2 nre side views of my improved i grain-separator;

Figure 3, a vieiv ot' the front end of theseme; Figure 4, a longitudinalvertical section; and

Figure 5, a top view of a portion of the front end o f theseparator.- l

-` Similar letters indicate the seme ports in the draw ing.

-The supporting frame-work of my improved groinseperator is composedofthe inclined side pieces A A', the legs B B and O 0', and thetransverse beams D D 'and E E', substantially als represented in the'draw' ing.

The lowestendof 'ny improved groin-separator --is placedimmediatelyopposite the 'delivery-spoutl ofa. thinshingmiachiueud in suoh aposition that `ell the straw, headings, cho', and grain discharged fromsnid thrashing-machine will fall u pou thel upwardly-inclined andreciprocating conductor H of the separator.

Transversenotches q q are formed in the exposed face of the inclinedconductor H, as shpwnin iig. It.;

The beveled strips b Zr, which me' secured ,to and riso A above thesides of the conductor 1I, pass under the overhanging guiding-slats J J,which me `securedto the inner surfaces ofthe sides A A' of thesupporting flume, as shown in tig. 3.'

The end hoord c, iig. 4,?.vhieh is'seoured to the lower end oi theconductor H, rises'to about thc sonic heightahovo the upper sui-toco ofthe somo es do its sides i l). The conductorH is suspended by andvihmtes upon the three poire of pivotod or jointed pendants,- EZ' Theupper ends of scid pendants, nre pivoted or jointed to 'the sides- AA'oi' the frame of the separator, and their lower ends :ne picoted orjointed to the prohad to the accompanying drawing, which jectng ends' ofthe transverse slots kla? la, which are secured to the under side of theconductor H.

.Lhorcquisite reciprocating motion is the inclined coudutor H from the4-douhle-crui1ked driving-shaft m, figs. 1 and 2, by means of therodsddon oppositc'sides oi' the separator, which connect the crooks of saidshaft with the projectingeudsof the central sloth-i', which is securedto the mider side of seid. conductor: y For the purpose of importingysharp jerking forward movements to the conductor H the projecting theslot J are also connected to the stiff springs bymenns ofthe rods p p,ns shown iu figs. 1 and 2,

The said jerking movements of the conductor servo the purpose-oi'throwing forwnrd the kernels of groin from one notch q to mother ou thefoce thereof, u ntil they rench the opening a; near the upper end ofsind orriiotqfthro'ugh *which-the soid kernels of .groin fall into thehopper y of n. winnow11g-machine, W a z, which is properly locu.ted,`midwhich is ,driven hy menus of 'a bond connection ot' the pulley N on itspulley N' on the double-crzmked `rnoinslmft in, or hy :my other suitnhlemoons.

Notchcd metnllic plates vI l project ut right engins from theirlongitudinal connection with the foco ol the inclined conductor 1I, andserve the following purposes: `l"irst, the seid notched plotcs,inconsequence ofthe smooth rearward movements and the. jerking forwardmovements imported thereto, steadily curry forward the straw up theinclined. conductor, und shake all the kernels of groin out oftlicfsnine hci'oro it posses the openings: in snidconductor; und

the snid notched plates 'sutiioiont distance nuove the notched surihceof the conductor H to enablethciinovemcnts to produce the desiredshaking effect threupom 'llheinolined wire teeth ft, end of thc'conductor }I,nid`thc teeth of the pictos l I in seizing and cnrryingforward the strnw ns it is discharged upon the conductor from thetlwashing-nn4 chine.

The inclined `wire tcctli t t, that rise from the com doctor 1L and`project forward over the opening" through tiresome, octin` conjunctionwith the notched plates I I in carrying forward the hendiugsnnd brokenstraw, and preventing the some from tolling througghy tho seid openingn: in the conductor to'thc wiunowingxmachine.

Thciwirs o n, which pass across the Iov-porturo :e iu the conductor, undore scoured to opposite sides oi' the Some, also oid in'preventing the`hezuiings :unl hrokeiz straw from pzissngtlirough sind :roei-turc tothe wlw nowing-inoohine.

The groin-shield. and stuur-dominert is pirated to' imported td` ends ofG Grv keep thc stm-w n.

of seid plates' that projcctfrom the lower" My saidimprovedgrain-separatcr may be 'used with any desired style ofthrashing-machine, and may he combined with any desired style ormanufacture of winnowing-machines.

, I claim as my inventiony f The combination and arrangement of thergrainshield and straw-.retainer R -with the reciprocating conductor H,constructed as described, and the shoe W of the winnowingv apparatus,substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

In testimouythat the foregoing is a. full and clear specification of -myimprovements in grain-separators PETER FISIO'KINGER.

Witnesses:

Z. O. Ronnms GEO. D. Fkmzom.

I hereunto snbsoribemy n ame this 14th day otber,

